

116-102, among other goals, the program should reduce the number of contract solicitations that lead to no bids or bids that are more than 25% higher than the government cost estimate and should reduce the cost per cubic yard for hopper dredge contracts.ĭata from the U.S. 2470 the Senate Committee on Appropriations recommends a Gulf Coast demonstration program addressing concerns about dredging cost and availability.

harbors, as a variety of factors affect the cost and performance of harbor dredging. However, it is not clear whether the additional funding would increase the volume of material dredged from U.S. 2440) seeks to boost dredging activity by utilizing more of the collections from a port tax levied to fund harbor maintenance. Congress is debating whether to support increas e d funding for dredging to better maintain harbor channel depths and widths.
